Toy or amusement device.



P. MLWELSH.

' TOY OR AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED r213. 29, 1900.

Patented Nov.

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Enuenl'oz UNITED STATES PATENT I FFICE.

PRUDENCE M. WELSH, OF LONGBEAOH, CALIFORNIA.

TOY OR AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PR'UDENCE M. l/VnLsri, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Longbeach, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy orAmusement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toy or amusement device and the object ofthe invention is to provide a device of this character comprising aframe having a series of longitudinally arranged strips or wires and aseries of flexible strips, which when properly fitted together representthe picture of a figure or animal and which are adapted to be positionedupon the longitudinal strips of the frame in such a manner as to presentthe picture properly placed together, thereby simulating the process ofweaving a figure upon the frame.

With these objects in view the invention resides in the novelconstruction of parts and their arrangement, as will hereinafter befully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device constructedin accordance with my invention, showing a series of strips positionedupon the frame bearing different pictorial designs. Fig. 2 is a top planview of the frame. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a series of flexiblestrips, each strip designed for bearing a section of a pictorial designand adapted to be positioned upon the frame. Fig. 4 is a sectional viewupon the line 44 of Fig. 1 illustrating the manner of lacing theflexible strips upon the frame.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates the frame of myamusement and instructive device. As illustrated in the drawings theframe 1 comprises a top 2, bottom 3, ends 4 and 5 and a handle 6. Theframe is preferably constructed of a single strand of wire and has itstop and bottom preferably of a longer length than the ends of the frame.Secured upon the ends 4t and 5 of the frame, and preferably near the topand bottom thereof are a series of strips 6, spaced preferably at anequal distance apart, and composed each of a Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed February 29, 1908.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Seria1 No. 418,532.

strand of wire of a lesser thickness than that of the frame.

In carrying out my invention I provide a series of flexible strips 7,which, when placed together, represent some design, such as the pictureof a person or animal, and these strips are provided upon one of theirends with a lip 8, adapted to retain the strips in position upon theframe, and also act as a guide for the person playing the game inascertaining the bottom or top of y the figure which is desired to bewoven or properly positioned upon the frame in placing the separatestrips to formulate the character to be developed by a series of thesestrips containing the sections of the figure.

In playing the game, or weaving, the designs upon the frame, it isdesigned that a certain number of strips 7 are to be em ployed, and thata certain series of these strips will represent, when properly placedtogether, a figure or design. The strips are mixed together in areceptacle, and it is the object of the game to pick out the stripshaving the sections of the design to be placed upon the frame and toproperly position the sections thereon, so that they present a completedesign of the subject. In positioning the strips upon the frame, theends of the strips not containing the lips 8 are placed between thewires or bars 6 and the lip 8 retained upon either the top 2 or thebottom 3 of the frame, thus effectively retaining the strips in positionupon the frame.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided a simpledevice for the amusement and instruction of children, whereby they willbecome accustomed to the formation of difierent designs and figures andthus accustomed to the proper proportion and formation of forms.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. An amusement device comprising a frame having a series of wiresarranged longitudinally of the frame, and a series of flexible stripseach bearing a section of a pictorial design and adapted to be lacedupon the wires and when properly positioned the complete design beingrepresented.

2. In an amusement device, a frame con- 10 series of wires, the lips ofthe strips adapted v to engage either the top or the bottom of theframe, and the strips when properly positioned representinga completedesign.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PRUDENGE M. WELSH.

Vitnesses MAMIE G. ROWE, ANNE lVIURRAY.

